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Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language

Mozilla Updates Firefox Terms Again After Backlash Over Broad Data License Language

Mar 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Protection Firefox browser maker Mozilla on Friday updated its Terms of Use a second time within a week following criticism overbroad language that appeared to give the company the… 

Amnesty Finds Cellebrite’s Zero-Day Used to Unlock Serbian Activist’s Android Phone

Amnesty Finds Cellebrite’s Zero-Day Used to Unlock Serbian Activist’s Android Phone

Feb 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananMobile Security / Zero-Day A 23-year-old Serbian youth activist had their Android phone targeted by a zero-day exploit developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device, according to a new report from Amnesty… 

Fake CAPTCHA PDFs Spread Lumma Stealer via Webflow, GoDaddy, and Other Domains

Fake CAPTCHA PDFs Spread Lumma Stealer via Webflow, GoDaddy, and Other Domains

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread phishing campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA images shared via PDF documents hosted on Webflow’s content delivery network (CDN) to deliver the Lumma stealer malware. Netskope Threat Labs said it… 

Microsoft Exposes LLMjacking Cybercriminals Behind Azure AI Abuse Scheme

Microsoft Exposes LLMjacking Cybercriminals Behind Azure AI Abuse Scheme

Feb 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananAPI Security / AI Security Microsoft on Thursday unmasked four of the individuals that it said were behind an Azure Abuse Enterprise scheme that involves leveraging unauthorized access to generative artificial intelligence… 

12,000+ API Keys and Passwords Found in Public Datasets Used for LLM Training

12,000+ API Keys and Passwords Found in Public Datasets Used for LLM Training

A dataset used to train large language models (LLMs) has been found to contain nearly 12,000 live secrets, which allow for successful authentication. The findings once again highlight how hard-coded credentials pose a severe security… 

Sticky Werewolf Uses Undocumented Implant to Deploy Lumma Stealer in Russia and Belarus

Sticky Werewolf Uses Undocumented Implant to Deploy Lumma Stealer in Russia and Belarus

Feb 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Fraud / Cyber Espionage The threat actor known as Sticky Werewolf has been linked to targeted attacks primarily in Russia and Belarus with the aim of delivering the Lumma Stealer malware… 

Silver Fox APT Uses Winos 4.0 Malware in Cyber Attacks Against Taiwanese Organizations

Silver Fox APT Uses Winos 4.0 Malware in Cyber Attacks Against Taiwanese Organizations

Feb 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence A new campaign is targeting companies in Taiwan with malware known as Winos 4.0 as part of phishing emails masquerading as the country’s National Taxation Bureau. The campaign,… 

Space Pirates Targets Russian IT Firms With New LuckyStrike Agent Malware

Space Pirates Targets Russian IT Firms With New LuckyStrike Agent Malware

Feb 27, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Network Security The threat actor known as Space Pirates has been linked to a malicious campaign targeting Russian information technology (IT) organizations with a previously undocumented malware called LuckyStrike Agent.… 

89% of Enterprise GenAI Usage Is Invisible to Organizations Exposing Critical Security Risks, New Report Reveals

89% of Enterprise GenAI Usage Is Invisible to Organizations Exposing Critical Security Risks, New Report Reveals

Feb 27, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Browser Security Organizations are either already adopting GenAI solutions, evaluating strategies for integrating these tools into their business plans, or both. To drive informed decision-making and effective planning,…